The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2022 in Oman, as one of two global tournaments that together formed the final stage of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Global Qualifiers were Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
Global Qualifier A was contested by eight teams that advanced from their Regional Finals, were eliminated in the first round of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, or were among the highest ranked sides not already qualified to this stage. The eight teams were placed in two groups, with two sides from each group advancing to the semi-finals. Both finalists of the Global Qualifier advanced to the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia.
Immediately prior to the Global Qualifier, Ireland, Nepal, Oman and the United Arab Emirates played in a quadrangular series at the same venue. Canada and Germany played two warm-up matches against each other, while Bahrain planned friendlies against Nepal and Philippines. In another practice fixture, Canada beat Bahrain by 38 runs. The Philippines, making their debut in a global qualifier, had not played a game for three years since securing their place in the event, and some of their players had never met before the squad assembled in Oman.
Ireland finished top of their group to secure a place in the semi-finals. The UAE also qualified for the semi-finals as runners-up in their group despite a two-run defeat to Bahrain in their last game. Vriitya Aravind scored 24 runs in the final over to ensure that the UAE finished the group with a superior net run rate than Bahrain. Nepal finished top of the other group as the only unbeaten side in the group stage, with Oman also progressing as runners-up. In the semi-finals, Ireland beat Oman by 56 runs, and the UAE beat Nepal by 68 runs, with both teams qualifying for the T20 World Cup. The UAE beat Ireland in the final by seven wickets, following a century from Muhammad Waseem. Although both finalists had already secured their places at the T20 World Cup, the result of the final determined the groups they would be placed in.
Teams and qualifications Sub-regional qualification stages were scheduled to begin on 24 June 2021 with the European qualifier in Finland. But a number of these regional tournaments were either postponed or cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 65 Associate Member teams participated in the regional qualification stage. The teams that advanced from this stage, joined Nepal and United Arab Emirates, who had qualified via T20I rankings along with Ireland and Oman who qualified via the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup.
+Means of qualificationDateHostBerthsQualifiedAutomatic qualificationsICC Men's T20I Team RankingsDecember 202022021 Men's T20 World Cup14 November 20212Regional qualificationsAsia22–28 July 20191East Asia-Pacific11 – 16 October 20211Europe 15 – 21 October 20211Americas 7 – 14 November 20211Total8
Squads The following squads were named for the tournament.
Sarfaraz Ali (c) Fiaz Ahmed Waseeq Ahmed Imran Anwar George Axtell Junaid Aziz Shahbaz Badar (wk) Sikander Billah Haider Butt Prashant Kurup Shahid Mahmood David Mathias Muhammad Safdar (wk) Umer Toor (wk) Sathaiya Veerapathiran Muhammad Younis Navneet Dhaliwal (c) Dillon Heyliger Rishiv Joshi Jatinderpal Matharu Shreyas Movva Salman Nazar Rayyan Pathan Kaleem Sana Junaid Siddiqui Ravinderpal Singh Matthew Spoors Hamza Tariq (wk) Harsh Thaker Saad Bin Zafar Venkatraman Ganesan (c) Ghulam Ahmadi Elam Bharathi Dylan Blignaut Justin Broad Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah Fayaz Khan Shoaib Khan Talha Khan Dieter Klein Faisal Mubashir Nooruddin Mujadady Michael Richardson (wk) Muslim Yar Andrew Balbirnie (c) Paul Stirling (vc) Mark Adair Curtis Campher Gareth Delany George Dockrell Shane Getkate Josh Little Andy McBrine Barry McCarthy Simi Singh Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker (wk) Craig Young Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kamal Singh Airee Lokesh Bam Kushal Bhurtel Abinash Bohara Sagar Dhakal Gulsan Jha Gyanendra Malla Kushal Malla Jitendra Mukhiya Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Sharad Vesawkar Bibek Yadav Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Khawar Ali Fayyaz Butt Nestor Dhamba Sandeep Goud Aamir Kaleem Kaleemullah Ayaan Khan Bilal Khan Shoaib Khan Naseem Khushi (wk) Mohammad Nadeem Khurram Nawaz Kashyap Prajapati Jatinder Singh Jonathan Hill (c) Daniel Smith (vc) Jordan Alegre Machanda Biddappa Gurbhupinder Chohan Richard Goodwin Hern Isorena Kapil Kumar Vimal Kumar Huzaifa Mohammed Siva Mohan Miggy Podosky Grant Russ (wk) Muzammil Shahzad Henry Tyler Ahmed Raza (c) Vriitya Aravind (wk) Mohammad Boota (wk) Kashif Daud Zawar Farid Basil Hameed Zahoor Khan Karthik Meiyappan Rohan Mustafa Akif Raja Alishan Sharafu Junaid Siddique Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman Muhammad Waseem
Ireland also named Neil Rock and Ben White as travelling reserves. Nepal named Pradeep Airee, Shahab Alam and Kushal Malla as travelling reserves. Karan KC was named in Nepal's squad and travelled to Oman, but was ruled out ahead of the tournament due to injury. Kushal Malla was added to the main squad on 19 February 2022 as a replacement for the injured Sharad Vesawkar. Shahi Fahim was also named as a reserve in Bahrain's travelling squad.
Group stage
Group A
Advanced to the Semi-Finals Advanced to the Consolation play-offs
Group B
Advanced to the Semi-Finals Advanced to the Consolation play-offs
Consolation play-offs
Bracket
5th Place semi-finals
7th-place play-off
5th-place play-off
Play-offs
Bracket
Semi-finals
3rd-place play-off
Final
Final standings These were the final standings following the conclusion of the tournament.
Position Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Qualified for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
See also 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo